We are committed to helping SLPs facilitate positive growth for kids and teens who stutter!
It's important to approach our clients with curiosity!
🪪 Who are you?
⭐ What matters to you?
🌱 How can I best support you on your journey?
05/16/2026
For SLPs, growth happens in the willingness to stay curious, listen deeply, and remain open to the diverse lived experiences of people who stutter.
Every conversation, perspective, and moment of reflection is an opportunity to evolve our practice with greater empathy, humility, and understanding.
Here’s to the clinicians committed to lifelong learning and honoring voices that deserve to be heard. 💙
05/03/2026
✨ The SLP's role ✨
Providing affirming feedback means that you are noticing and acknowledging who the person really is and who they are capable of becoming.
04/18/2026
✨ "Your identity is a moving target; it never reaches an endpoint."
- Neuroscientist and Stanford professor, David Eagleman
04/09/2026
Evolve recently offered a full-day, in-person workshop hosted by Utah State University!
Local SLPs and graduate students from four universities gathered to learn about Person Centered Care in Stuttering Evaluation and Treatment.
We appreciated the thoughtful questions and engagement from this wonderful group of clinicians!
03/29/2026
Kristin Chmela, M.A., CCC-SLP, BCS-SCF recently appeared on The Stuttering Foundation Podcast with Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP.
In this episode, Kristin discussed the importance of person-centered care and introduced the Circle of Principles, describing how this framework can support thoughtful reflection, guide problem-solving in therapy, and help clinicians navigate complexities while remaining grounded in the needs and experiences of the person they support.
🔗 Link in comments!
02/13/2026
Registration is OPEN for Evolve's first in-person workshop! This one-day event will be hosted by Utah State University on March 21st. We're looking forward to being with you!
02/13/2026
We are evolving! As clinicians actively working with clients every week, we offer practical guidance that is grounded in critical thinking around person-centered care.
Kristin Chmela, M.A., CCC-SLP, BCS-SCF
Jamie Felix, M.A., CCC-SLP
Kyle Pelkey, M.S., CCC-SLP
Nicholas Caruso III, M.S., CCC-SLP
12/18/2025
In a sample size of over 2,000 children who stutter, ~60% of participants had at least one other diagnosis in addition to stuttering.